05-14-2008, 02:32 PM
Hi, I'm okay with freeradical's jabs. I bought my first of many Mac in 1987 after first owning an Amiga I think I've owned most models made, but the truth is I've always worked them by the seat of my pants because I was always too busy to be a deep learner, nor do I have the brain for it....and that's the beauty of Macs, they let you get away with that and the generosity of fellow Mac users have got me out of the very rare jams. I remember being so excited at my first Powerbook... because it had a whopping 105mb hard drive and 33mhz... first one on the market and cost more than the powerful machine I'm fixin' to buy now... but it was the basis for my career back then which took me all over the country to major computer trade shows to create onsite emergency graphics for the corporate giants at MacWorld, NAB, CES, Comdex, etc. I'm sorry... obviously my ego wants to tell you all I've been a strong MacFamily member for 2 decades in hopes of being welcomed.... but yeah, I read a lot more than I post on various forums. I know my limitations. I did break down and buy a used PC notebook to install a firmware update to my Summa DC3 and at first I got all excited and thought I'd try out Vista.... but I ended up going Windows on a $200 unit, turned on the machine, downloaded and installed the firmware and haven't had it on again since. From what I've heard about Vista, it may have been a good choice.
Back to the subject... I have heard it was good to keep the machines on overnight without sleep because of performance maintenance that happens in the wee hours... so I only put the monitors to bed.
My PowerMac has 8GB ram and the iMac has 1.5GB... and I've kept up with the system updates. I'm also running a G4 on OS9 (required to run a particular type of printer) but I haven't been able to get it to network wirelessly despite many attempts so I gave up and ftp files to it through fetch. Gets me by. On the G5, I've dumped most of my files on the spare hard drives so the apps could run from the main drive.
Thank you, Golfer, for the reassurances about the router. This will be my first Mac Pro... good to know that it's holding up to Mac tradition re: spyware, viruses, etc. It's very exciting to look forward to the new machine and run the CS3 suite.... and reflect on how far the capabilities have come.
And thank you M A V I C, ztirffritz, mikebw, sekker, DP, Bill, Article Accelerator, Don Kiyoti, macnut, modelamac, WHiiP, jdc.... your comments have all been appreciated.
Sincerely,
Seannie
Back to the subject... I have heard it was good to keep the machines on overnight without sleep because of performance maintenance that happens in the wee hours... so I only put the monitors to bed.
My PowerMac has 8GB ram and the iMac has 1.5GB... and I've kept up with the system updates. I'm also running a G4 on OS9 (required to run a particular type of printer) but I haven't been able to get it to network wirelessly despite many attempts so I gave up and ftp files to it through fetch. Gets me by. On the G5, I've dumped most of my files on the spare hard drives so the apps could run from the main drive.
Thank you, Golfer, for the reassurances about the router. This will be my first Mac Pro... good to know that it's holding up to Mac tradition re: spyware, viruses, etc. It's very exciting to look forward to the new machine and run the CS3 suite.... and reflect on how far the capabilities have come.
And thank you M A V I C, ztirffritz, mikebw, sekker, DP, Bill, Article Accelerator, Don Kiyoti, macnut, modelamac, WHiiP, jdc.... your comments have all been appreciated.
Sincerely,
Seannie